Former Southport Hospital nurse left body to medical science

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former nurse from Southport who donated her body to medical science.

Rosalyn Ford, 70, of Virginia Street, lost her long battle with the lung disease, emphysema, last month.

The retired auxiliary nurse left her body to medical science at the Keele University School of Medicine – a legacy which heartbroken husband Bob said was befitting of his wife.

The 74-year-old widower said: “Roz wanted to do everything she could to help people. When she was working as a nurse at the old Fleetwood Road Geriatric Hospital and the spinal unit at Southport Hospital, all her patients loved her.

“She was so caring and was a friend to everyone.

“It was typical of my Roz to leave her body to medical science because she was always thinking of others.”

The couple were six months away from celebrating their golden wedding anniversary when Roz died. They bought an apartment in South Africa eight years ago and split their time between there and their home in Southport.

Roz was a keen bowls player and a popular member of Southport Bowling Club.

As well as Bob, Roz leaves behind five children and five grandchildren. More than 100 people paid their respects to her at a celebration of her life on July 2.

Bob added: “Everyone loved Roz – she was the sort of person who made a friend of whoever she met.

“Her friends and colleagues from the hospitals came to pay their respects even thought she retired 10 years ago.

“She will be sadly missed by her family and the friends she made across the world.